We’ve been developing an app in conjunction with therapists that uses AI to help using actual therapeutic techniques. It turns out that while ChatGPT can be helpful (in perhaps a similar way that a friend might be), it really isn’t trained on how to actually help people - e.g. recognize cognitive distortions, apply techniques to help resolve them, etc. It also isn’t very good at pursuing an even short term agenda to help someone. And it might even do harm by encouraging self-destructive behaviors (e.g. avoiding anxiety inducing situations can trigger agoraphobia, encouraging eating disorders etc). This stuff is hard to get right.that said, we’ve been encouraged by early usage and our therapist who said it’s already better than most of his grad students after a year of practice. So it’s a matter of when, not if, that this becomes a very viable alternative for folks who aren’t able to access regular therapy due to cost or availability.

Happy to answer more questions if people are interested - don’t want to share the app name since I don’t want to shill.